Double Standard Revealed Once Again

Does the league review this play and suspend superman?

Highly. Unlikely.

No matter how many commercials he makes.

Right, cuz Rudy’s so much bigger and stronger, y’know.

clean.

The foul itself had nothing on Miller’s push. I see no double standard.

I have no issues with what Miller did but I also think the league did the right thing in suspending him. You can’t let guys body check other players. Personally I think a fine would have sent the same message without costing him his streak but they had to do something. It might have also been a bit more consistent to have fined Griffen for shoving him twice but that would set an extremely annoying precedent.

I don’t disagree that the league levies discipline unevenly, but Dwight Howard’s foul wasn’t even a shadow of what Andre Miller did….. I mean… they aren’t comparable in any way. If Howard wanted to hurt Rudy, or “send a message”, the Spaniard would be dead.

Then again, I’m not even sure you’re being serious. The line about “frightening and horrific manner” is strangely reminiscent of the part in Rain Man, where Raymond Babbitt started to write out a formal complaint of abuse against his brother. I’m 2/3 certain that this post is a joke. Right?

Dwight uses his +7 Giant Strength to jump over Rudys back and then proceeds to grab our fragile Spaniard and twist his temperamental spine in a most frightening and horrific manner. All the while jawing “What you gonna do about it? What you gonna do about it?” as the “refs” separate the two.

This is why I want Dwight Howard on the Blazers, and why I am so upset that we don’t have Greg anymore. I don’t know if you remember us getting tossed around like fluffy soft little ragdoll sillynannies the last two years in the playoffs but I do. I want more tough guys that won’t take bullying, and will dish it back.

Having watched the play, the replay and now looking at the picture of it linked to above, I’ve had to conclude that Howard wasn’t trying to hurt Rudy at all. They got their arms tangled, Rudy turned to his right, that threw Howard off-balance and pulled him forward onto Rudy. The next thing I saw was Howard correcting and trying to actually keep Rudy and himself from falling – he would have landed on Rudy if that had happened, possibly injuring both of them – and in order to do so Rudy had to end up in an awkward position because of their arms being locked as they were.

Now, I’ll grant anyone the point that Howard held the pose too long after he was upright again, instead of immediately releasing Rudy’s arm, but I don’t believe he intended any harm with the whole sequence of events.

was offset by Rudy’s +10 facial hair awesomeness.

Rudy’s spine is only partially twisted into a mesh of sinew and cartilage.
And if I remember correctly Howard is within 20 feet of the ball.
I don’t get your rant – this is clearly a basketball move.